National Retail Federation: 114 million people to shop this Black Friday

Host (Maria Bartiromo): From stuffing your face to stuffing your holiday shopping bags, it's Black Friday. Grady Trimble is on State Street in downtown Chicago, watching the trends. Hey, Grady.

Grady Trimble: Hey, good morning, Dagen. It's, uh, not gonna lie, pretty quiet out here this morning. Uh, this is an Old Navy behind us. It's open right now. They have the deals, but they don't necessarily have the people. Just a small stream of people coming in and out of this store. I know Black Friday is more about the TVs and other electronics at the big box stores. We'll be at a Target later today, but, you know, this Old Navy and a Macy's across the street, pretty quiet this morning.

That being said, part of the reason for that is kind of the trend that we've seen in the last few years. This store in particular has been open since 9:00 a.m. yesterday on Thanksgiving Day. And that's when a lot of shoppers get the early start and get all the deals on Thanksgiving Day, instead of waiting 'til midnight on Black Friday and then going really early in the morning for the doorbusters and things like that.

So, the National Retail Federation says a lot of people are still going to be shopping today, 114 million, they say. Uh, that's down from the last couple of years, but they say they're still going to be spending more than they have in previous years. And then by the numbers, we talk about how online sales have taken a chunk out of retail sales, but still, almost half of people are going to buy stuff in stores for holidays instead of going online, or at least start in stores and then go online.

Uh, as I mentioned, we're going to be at a Target. We're focusing on the big box stores out here in Chicago. I want to talk about some of their deals real quick. They have things like iPads, Chromebooks, Galaxy phones, and other things that you can get. And my favorite, Dagen, which I might need later today—I told Cheryl this as well—a weighted blanket. What do you think?

Host (Maria Bartiromo): Indeed, double thumbs up, Grady Trimble. We'll check in with you later. Thank you.

主持人 (Maria Bartiromo): 从塞满你的肚子到塞满你的假日购物袋，今天是黑色星期五。格雷迪·特林布尔正在芝加哥市中心的州街，观察消费趋势。嗨，格雷迪。

格雷迪·特林布尔: 嘿，早上好，戴根。嗯，不骗你，今天早上这里相当安静。呃，我们身后是一家Old Navy。它现在开着门。他们有折扣，但不一定有人流。只有一小股人进出这家店。我知道黑色星期五更多是关于大型连锁店的电视和其他电子产品。我们今天晚些时候会去一家Target，但是，你知道，这家Old Navy和街对面的梅西百货，今天早上都很安静。

话虽如此，部分原因是我们在过去几年里看到的趋势。这家店尤其从昨天感恩节早上9点就开始营业了。很多购物者就在感恩节那天提前开始，抢购所有折扣商品，而不是等到黑色星期五的午夜，然后再一大早去抢开门特价商品之类的东西。

所以，全国零售联合会表示，今天仍有很多人会购物，他们说有1.14亿人。呃，这比过去几年有所下降，但他们说人们的消费额仍将超过往年。再来看看数据，我们谈到在线销售如何抢占了零售销售的一大部分，但仍然有近一半的人会在实体店购买假日商品，而不是在网上购买，或者至少从实体店开始，然后再转到网上。

呃，正如我所提到的，我们将去一家Target。我们关注的是芝加哥这里的大型连锁店。我想快速谈谈他们的一些折扣。他们有像iPad、Chromebook、Galaxy手机以及其他你能买到的东西。还有我最喜欢的，戴根，我今天晚些时候可能需要——我也告诉了谢丽尔——一条加重毯子。你觉得怎么样？

主持人 (Maria Bartiromo): 确实，双赞，格雷迪·特林布尔。我们稍后会再和你连线。谢谢。